I'm 46, have a studio apartment, a bad attitude and 3 cats. I grew up on a horse ranch in Montana, but have been in LA since '85, when i moved out here to go to college. I worked in the music industry as a writer for a trade mag for ten years, and recently have had the opportunity to start writing again for an online music magazine. I've played in a couple punk bands, and actually got paid as a professional musician, which was kind of strange. I love horror movies, punk, metal, slam dancing and exercise. And I've [...]

I started volunteering with Catnippers ten years ago and became a volunteer at FixNation three years ago after I retired from the City of Los Angeles. Today, I live with two cats, one of whom I adopted from FixNation. I love cats! 1.       Name: Ann Marie Jones 2.       City and neighborhood:  Glendale, Adams Hill 3.       Years volunteering at FN:  3 years 4.       What brought you to want to volunteer for FN?:  I had just retired from the City of Los Angeles and I wanted to keep busy. I had been a volunteer with Catnippers since 2002 so volunteering with FN seemed [...]

Steve Lockhart has been volunteering with FixNation since 2010.  He was chosen as FixNation's January Volunteer of the Month because of his consistent and ongoing support in the clinic, and his willingness to learn new things and take on tasks as needed to keep things moving smoothly. Here's a bit more about Steve in his own words: I'm originally from Northern California and now I live in the NoHo Arts District. I've worked in the entertainment biz for many years. I love cats because their poo is so much smaller than dogs!!!!  I'm kind of an animal person and find [...]

By: Hilary Stewart Cat Cummings was an extraordinary woman. I only knew her for a little more than 6 years, but she made a deep impact on me, and the multitude of people whose path she crossed. She was a fun, feisty, talented, intelligent, caring, responsible, driven and amazing woman and friend. Cat moved in with me in March, to be closer to UCLA, her doctors, and the clinical trial in which she was involved. In July, I arrived home one night from being on the road for a week, and was hoping to be welcomed by my kitties. Cat [...]

Dear FixNation, As Cadette Girl Scouts, we selected the topic of the importance of spaying/neutering cats and dogs for our Silver Award Take Action Project. We learned about the overcrowding of unwanted animals in shelters, and when they are not adopted, the end result is being euthanized. We wanted people to understand that having your pet spayed or neutered is very important and can be beneficial for you, and for others. We found that paying for the surgeries can be costly if you have multiple pets, and many owners figure that they can easily find homes for the offspring so [...]